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PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FED. 15. Mr. DENI6ON anti Others - from the Commons brought a Message from the Commons requesting per Mission for Lord Middleton to attend a Cotnmitteo of. that llonse, anti be exit. inined respecting the charges against Mr. Kendrick. Lord GIFFORD (who sat again ,on the Woolsack in the .absenee of the bofitklhantellor). %Otte& that their Lordships would send an answer by Ales en;xers of their own. The Earl of lI.CIIEST/At prevented a Petition from St. Neot's, in the County of Carmarthen, praying for the Abolition of Negro Slavery.—Laid on' the table. IRELAND. Earl DARNLEY was afraid that In what he said sOnle days ago respectine the possibility of applying any thing like a aye tent of Poor Laws to Ireland, he had been understood as agree ing entirely with a Noble Friend of his, who, he knew, had a horror of that system. What he meant to state was, that al though he should be sorry that the abuses of the English aye tern of. Poor Laws should be transferred to Ireland, yet he wished that some provision should be made to prevent any in dividual in that country from dying of actual want through no. Sided. • He had read that very day a paragraph in an Irish .Paper announcing that a man had died of starvation. Ile did not feel himself competent to bring, the subject before their Lordships, and was the less disposed:to do so, as n Noble bortl, not now in the House (Earl Carberry), had moved last yesr for papers, and hail in some measure pledged hithself to bring forward some proposition on the subject in the course of the pre sent Session. Should that Noble Lord, however, not redeem his pledge, lie (Earl Darnley) would nil the attention of their Lordships to the question. He was fully aware that the only eit'eetoal system of • relief would be to procure labour fur the poor ; but. Still their Lordships ought to consider whether corns modified provision for the infirm and the aged might not be usefully introduced into irelsed, The Earl of LIM ERICK ruse to express his astonishment thht, at n period like this, it Noble Lord, possessing any thing like . experience, sitoidd • stir a subject of a more mischievous and itiflanstrtatory nature. Ills Noble Friend said that he had read in a newspaper an account ol tho starvation ofan individual in 'ireltinth In h newsmer ! Oh, most excellent record, which never contained any thing but truth ! Bet if his Noble Friend hid read c)f one case of etarvation in an Irish Journal, he (the Ear! of 'Limerick); had perused many in the - English Papers.— Ana for one case only, was a system most oppressive and most impoverishing tube introduced. into ? Were they to act as a Medical man who, having two patients, one ill, and the other sound, should force upon the sound one the res medics which the one that was ill was obliged to take, for es) other reason than because he took .• them ? But tide was •etre of the projects of this age of projectors. A distinguished rofessor of political economy had described the system of the rVor 1,1 . Na, as one which - encouraged idleness :and profligacy, How could it be otherwise a man knew that he nerd n o t provide for seasons of dis . case or old age, wits he not encou. rascal asst he idle and profligate? But there was another danger. Let the• Poor Laws be introduced, and' let his countrymen, (whose recklessness induced them as it *ass m enter intwearly marriages), once know that all the children whom they might produce roust be supported by the parish, there would he such rush to the Priests that their'poekets won't] . .be highly hone. at - Attie population, that to,tin evil of • the country, would ley greatly increased. Such a • ow it had beerrjustly 'remarked iz another place, would operate as an Act of forfeiture against 20! who had 'property in Ireland. ' Earl •DARNI/EY had tits intentention to propose the intros dtrictien of theEuglish Poor Laws into ird:lntl; lie only tug gesti3l whethe r some provision might not he inado, which, with olit producing the ill tenets 'of -those lime', would relieve the infirm and the aged.- • • SCOTCH The r.,:arl 144 voval DALE havini, tern, it officially an nounced in another. Muse that it was intended to extend the abolitiiin of small notes tie Scotland, though not at so early a period as its linglart4 and conceiving that question one of the most interesting which concerind that country at it would affect properly in a degree which was not ima4. t rined, wished to know period at which it was proposed that the issue of TAteit Upd:rr live pounds should COANO in that ,part of the United Lord BEXLEY only knew that it was not the intetition of his moit,sty's Ministers to Ow abolition Of btn.,li rite at presetK to either Seotialai or Ireland. In a very short time, however, his Noble Friend at the head of the Treasury' would CtlfriltitirliCate to the Netts, all thin iir hint Go• vernment on that subject. The Larl ot' l 4 A ill) taIDA LE did not wish to know the de• lulls of the measure, but simply the 'into at which small notes would cease in, Siodana. Lord profussotl himself incol»petent to answer the fro estpm. „. . Ihtke 041'11014 acid, that whenever the time came, shottl4l bevrt , parcil to show thc,raiaotts avow which such (1 Ytt.atttre would have. 'flu 141)1 I , : 11 I C stated, that i the South oi Trtl'ir‘t there was a great circulation of small notes—and Irl.u, t 1 iliat• berme they 413 V 11!)(► i shed , means would ho .ta!te” to ..3trttrt a suflieient importation of gold to supply their place. (:()PN 1,111" S: The Earl of LA TIDE I I,:; ii;Tsented a petition from the Householders and Inhabitants of Collumptoo, in the County of Davao, praying their lamishipi to sanction the fret. importa_ tian of Corn. The Nobli E.til thought it his duty to present .that petition, but w 4 ontio.Atood to say that he did not agree in its ptayer....loaid CM the Pthle• - BANK CHARTER. I , Air.: HOLIWN, from tho' Record °dice, at ill!! !tat Chapel, presanted'a Copy of the 'Charter of the illIn!c if It.'ingland granted by Wllliam and Mary,—.l,aid on 11w Lthle. ?4. Adjournodo ~ .... ' _ HOUSE Or CONIMONs', roIr,IJOME SUMNER, moved for leave to bring in a MI ,for the erection of a Cha e ;vl of Ease, with eetnetery and burial ground annexed, At Clap in Surrey..--head a Unit time. 31r. DAVENPORT n:ov.Al tth loave to bring in a Hill, for Lighting ,FAh ic d eo ,g o ld w hi t was, ritat incorporating a Company. NEW ARCADE. Mr. 'l'. %VIT.:WU piesented ?I petition from Richard Guy and William liughen, proving for leave to erect an Arcade, notching Void Inn-lielda to 1-161horn.-I,ahl on the table, • SIAVERN.. Sir ti. W. ri tt 181-1 petition front the inhabitants or Nails worth rtioitist Cohinid rilavriy and ohm t petition f reit y l Robert throyster, against. the importatioo. or Foreign illtx. notil petitions were read, root ort. the 1:14,Ei•i(11 11r. DAVEWPORT preserned from tbe Mayor, 4 %lderrnktn, littrgessys, and 'Oth'er inhabitants of Congletnn, against tilt importation of air rettzli.Silks.. lie also presented n similar petition. 'kited by tbg.(*NY. "entry. Silk Throwsteni, and other Inhabititnts of Sonbarth..— Read, and laid en the table ShAVIORV. Mr. ELL C preset - 14 d n .petition from the, Protestant Dis. senters of Newcastie.upon-Tyne, for the Abolition of Slavery —Laid on the table. - • Sir Awl; SE 11 i LINT .prOtented: , ft aintihtr petition from the • Ininibitants of iiituiiing in crt fortisli • EXIIREQIII'I r Mr. Milani' moved for -a Report on the issue of Exchequer since the year 179 a --Ordervil. iMPOWrATION OF flii3. _ _ . —Sir R. C. Feliiiiiiio&lllUV(4 for itetorns of the quantities ) , I4ittseati and Rapesecti,.,ipaporte.d into Ltightntl from the year 1922 to 18°25 ineliodve; 'distinguishing the tiiihntities imported in English - - , NAVY Sir (IF:mum Ct,relp prs,iepteti Acetnint of the Unfunde Debt o 1 the Navy, GUAM) OF.SLAVERV. _ . Mr. CIIIPPS prt!:l,:lit4:4l a petition from tj o 1 Citeheester for the gr::anitl Abolition o ShVery. • critIWNOV IN IRELAND. Nit% N 44 it 1 UE mved that a Messageshould be sent to the I, r d,, f or t h e R e p o r t which was presented to them last fies, sion on the stat, lr,land. Ile al,o moved for returns of the average :moll:A nt, Ils,nic paper in Ireland from the year 11122 to 18,211, inclusive ; of the amount of notes tinder 6 pounds, of the number of countryhanks, di-414031nm those consisting or more than Byartners4 and of the number of private bankers registered during the last six years. The llon..tientleman s tated the object of his motions. Ile wi , ..hett to at that par liament would act unwisely if they extsnded to Ireland the laws which they wereaboutA#euttet for the regulation of English ea rreney, If they should do 50, they would be legislating for a ountry without knowing Its state. die tould =we the House that Clara: was no excess of bank paper , iit Ireland. It Will inwmit of the banktrathere to take dam that no such excess thould la.PPelt ; for if it did the consequence would bc that the exchanges would become unf4vourable to them, and in. -that evenr, while vapor Wss convertible into specie, people Would never think of taking , bankers" hills. Moreover, moo. sem effectual, for rogolathw tho ounei icy here would b e sure to regulate that of Ireland, which would butte completely in- , ueneed by , t h e peetto j a y f arranget.nalts or I..atod oa, as thepulse ' b y t he throhhiligs 01' the Dart. Thv evil apprehended f ro m tv circulation of one pound notes in this country could not at all take place in Ireland ; for private banks had entirely ceased to issue those noies--none puttiog • forth but tile national, and the joint stock bank. TOBA • . ' l4 * Mr. C.44LCRAFT moved for Seturns of the. number of pounds a Tobacco and Snufrimpated into Britain during the years 1812, 23,24, and 25. V E Mr. Womurav presented a petition from the Inhabitants or leverley, in the East Riding to orkshire, praying the aboli. on of Slavery. He also presented a petition frtiat the same place., for the repeal of the House anti It'intiow Tax ; and also a petition from the Spirit Dealers of the same place, praying for relief from the hardship imposed upon them by the quarter. i ng of soldiers. USURY LAWS. Mr. Serjeant OxsLow rose to move to bring in a Bill to re peal the existing laws against l7sitary, and which limit the rate of interest On money. 'the Hon. and learned Gentleman ex pro:sett deep conviction that its Hill had not passed las year, from his conviction that its operation would have been highly beneficial in those districts which had suffered most in the re cent distresses. Mr. DAVENPORT was opposed to the Bill, inasmuch as ' it was one which for a long time past had gone in and out of ! the House. its principle had frequently been under discussion, and its rejection was invariably the result of any inquiry which h`ad been raised upon it.' To bestow further consideration upon such a measure was only a waste of valuable public time. In • his opinion the theory upon which the fill was founded was of the most dangerous character ; and of all the plans yet devised for the injury of the landed interests, he considered (benne now submitted to the House to be the most pernicious. He would tell Ministers, that if they did not look to themselves in time their measures would bring ruin en the country. • Mr. BRIGHT argued against the Bill, and hoped that the Country Gentlemen would consider how exorbitant would be the rate•of interest, if it had passed into a law. Ile wondered whether Ministers concurred in the measure. If their plans did not succeed, they would be responsible. • Mr. IRVING, in support of the Bill, urged its vast import ance to the interests of traders. Its provisions would have saved many from all that ruin and distress into which they had been plunged by the disasters of the late eventful crisis. These were considerations of importance, and well deserved the at tention' of the' House. Had he ever been influenced by the considerations suggested by an Hon. Gentleman opposed to the Bill, he would yet be for its enactment. BA RING supported the fill from' a conviction that greater liberality of dealing would be found to result from its operation. Mr. SYKES did not think it fair to shut out all discussion on the subject, anti to dismiss the matter without giving it any con sideration. It would be but proper to examine the provisions of the Bill, which were not yet known to the House, and upon that examination to judge of the expediency of the Measure. — The Hon. Member for •Bristol was right in his observations with regard to Ministers. Success could not be expected for the present Bill without their concurrence. lie thought it Strange that the Usury Laws had not some under discussion in the course of the Currency Question, and he could not conceive why some legislative measure on the subject should not be in. trounced by Ministers themselves. It was no better than blind ness to assert, that a repeal of the Usury Laws•would be preju dicial to the landed interests. How frequently • was money worth more than five per cent., and when it was impossible to procure it at that rate, the only alternative left the distressed proprietor of land was to hare recourse to the granting of annui. ties to tbe reduction and ultimate ruin of his estate. lie would support the measure as one, not of mere policy, but of common justice. Money, as well as any thing else, was a commodity, and its owner had a right to get as much as he could fur it. lie would. recommend Ministers to make the repeal of the Usury Luws a part of their financial system. • Mr. GOB DON thought the time of the House would be un profitably employed in investigating a measure with the details of which they were already quite familiar. Had it been pro. posed by Ministers it would be a different thing, fiter it would then rest on their responsibility, as a part of their financial system. But it was not a sort of measure which ought to •be adopted on the suggestion of any individual Member. As to the care which the Hon. Member for Hull seemed disposed to take of the Country Gentlemen, he would recommend him to reserve his caution for himself, and to allow the Country Gen. tleinen to decide what was most expedient to their concerns--a task to which they were fully. adequate. Mr. WODI4IIOUSE objected to the motion, as ill suited in point of time. . • Colonel DAVIS tlioug'it it right to exempt Country Gen.. tlemen-frem the operation of the Bill, if they conceived it likely to do them • injury. It would be easy to afford a facility to other classes of giving 15 per Cent. for money, and:. to make a 'pedal exception as to Country Geotlemen, who should not be allowed to borrow money at a higher rate than Five per Cent. .Mr. MONCK, arguing for the motion, , drew a marked dis. tinction between credit and security. Traders who could not get money at Five per Cent. lost itinit.ly more by the preeipi: tote sale of their goods to whi c h their n eces siti es tompelled them. A country Gentleman-requiring money for a 'long pe riod, and able to give landed security for it, ought surely to give a lower rite of interest than the trader, who only . wanted ',a few hundreds for a few months, and could give only personal• secanity. The late crisisafihrded an excellent illustration of the badness of Usury Laws. The trader who was not trusted to exercise his discretion Mtn the amount of interest which he should give for money, was allowed to sell out stock at a ruin ously low price, so that he paid more for the money he thereby gained, - than any loan could possibly cost him. Mr. JOHN ShIITH expressed his thanks to the Learned Sergeant for the praiseworthy perseverance with which he pressed his ineasure It was notorious that notwithstanding the calming law, money was taken up at'a rate of 75 per Cent., .under the scheme of selling goods, and repurchasing them. He spoke of his own knowledge, and his opinion was that the Usury LAWS were ruinous to the community. Mr. WYNN, in raviur of the riiiition, instanced the case of a mortgage for 40,0001. of which half had been paid off; and to raise the residue the mortgager was forced to pay nine per tent. As to a respect for the Usury Laws, because thiy were enacted by our ancestors, they were introduced when it was a prevailing principle in legislation to regulate the price of every Mr. CA TX RA FT thought it would be hard for individuals to borrow money at five per colt. when (lovernment gave seven per cent. for it. If the Learned Sergeant would say that the Rill was to be supported by Illini! 7 , ters he (Mr. Calcraft) in cottkeSy would ' not 'oppose it. It would then be upon their tesponsihility. It was stated that money had been taken up ut po. co.i)t. The fact wits notoriously true; and if all the gambling' 'schemes of the City were detailed, their history would be 'appalling to the House. But all this would still go on even though this blessed Bill were to pass. Let then a Bill be brought in applicable in its provisions to traders alone, and excluding the landed interests from its operation. Let the ex periment be tried. It - wonitt , be found that the land-owners • would he compelled to give higher annuities - than ever. But the landed interests predominated so Immensely in amount over [Ate trading interests of the nation, being to them its forty to a unit, that the fbrmer constituted the rule, the latter a most in ' signitk'ant exception ; find yet for this exception they were ' tailed upon to legislate so as to embrace the rule. It was cast. inga lire-brand into the money market. Surely if the measure succeeded, the Bank Directors would not be permitted by the' proprietors to leave their money at so low an interest as four per cent. when noire could be gotten for it. Every one who had lent money on mortgage would deem it a duty to raise the rate of interest. They-might be assured that those who had most interest in mortgages were perf ec tly satisfied with their present s i tua ti on; t i n he would advi se t h e Honourable Mover to withdraw his Bill, and bring in another, restricted ill itspro. visions too traders, unless! Ministers fathered the measur e in its present shape. l that the measure hail not been prop er ly dbl. euitisiretii.::i' lastl' akl Session. s' flu the second reading, he hoped that the l would he fully prepared to state the a rguments i n it i s °ll. 1s1 1 . T( ' ) ) 1-t ver . The Chancellor of the Exchequer had wished the . motion to be postponed for short time (not Mr the Session), that if might occasion too disturbance to the state of the Money Market, On the second reutlihg, the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer would addreSs the Ilousq. But would not say that he approved of the 13111 from principle ; but for tint lust three monthS the operation of the Usury Laws had been attended with uulcit ineonvenience. Tlui Itill vias thtiti brought in and read a first time. FitA UDS Or TILE STOCK EXCHANGE. IMBHOUSE wished to aAk pie Attorney-General if were du• intention of his 31alesty s Ministers tai introduce any measure in the course. of the Session, for the purpose of restrain. ing the frauds of the Stock Exchange, some practices of which the Hon. Member detailed. The A 1"FOR N E ..GENEIIAL wag not aware of any such intention on the part of Ministers. It' such a case as the Hon. Member for Westminster bad stated were made out, the law in its present state was adeeptate to aftbrd relief the parties might he Indicted for a wnspiracy. Mm. "UM 17, wished to know whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer would next Friday night state the views of Ministers, as to the expenditure of the year. He hoped there would be /401.11 C reduction from the extravagant estimates, which could not .be borne under a metallic currency. He was sorry if a better system of expenditure would not be envied. The debt to be sure should be endured of necessity; bin, independently of that, FOREIGN SILKS. Sir T. LETTIXtRIDGE presented a petition from two Silk Throwaters, named Smith, against the Importations of foreign silks: —Laid on the table. What occasion for the load of seventeen millions on a peace establishment. Mr. HERRIES, in the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, replied, that his Right Hon. Friend had given notice that he would, as usual, state the estimates of the year on Friday week. It could not therefore be expected that he would enter upon that statement next Friday before the Committee of Supply. The onlypart of the estimate which should be stated next Friday, was the charge for seamen ;_ which could not be deferred to the regular day, on account of the importance of providing for that most material branch of the public service. the Bank, with Lottery Prizes, under 100,0001. in amount, was agreed to. The following Votes were then agreed to : For Military and Naval Pensions - £4,020,000 Towards the sup . vort of troops in the territorial service of the Last India Company . 00,000 To be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the service the year ,1626 - - - 10,000,000 Consolidated Fund for immediate service - 5,000,000 The Vote for the Annual Duties was poAtponecislecording to agreement, and the report was ordered to be reAted to morrow. " ) (1' The Committee orSupply was fixed- fox. rt ay next. Mr. HERMES obtained leave to bring in the Annual In demnity Bill. WAYS AND MEANS. - 311.,-FIERII IES then moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Ways and Means. —Agreed to. On the motion that the Speaker should leave the Chair, An objection was taken by Mr. that if the House agreed to their going into Committee now, it would sanction the vote which would afterwards he proposed by the Honour able Oentleman, respecting the Annual Duties, as they were termed. Air.IIERR lES reminded the lion. Gentleman, who seemod disposed to resist their now going into a Committee, that the House had come to a resolution that a Supply should be grant ed ; and it would be absurd, after that vote, not to 'go into Committee to consider of the Ways and Means. If the lion. Gentleman wished particularly to make an objection to the annual duties being discussed at present, he would have no objection to allow them to be I)o:opened, if a vote of credit were passed to an amount which would enable the Government to meet immediate and pressing demands. • Mr. BRIGHT strongly objected to -the House committing. itself further as to a Supply until they were apprized of the fur-: titer intentions of his 3lajesty'a Ministers. Mr. MA BERIX said he did not see there was any reason to oppose the motion, as it would still be in their power to prevent any compromise of their duty to the country at a future stage: with that view he gave notice that on Monday next, previous to going into Committee, he should state a variety of griev ances tinder which the public laboured, and on the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers upon that Occasion would depend his acquiescence or non-compliance with their wishes. -• Mr. HUME inquired whether the Hon. Secretary' would postpone the vote as to Sugar, Malt, and other duties. Mr. HE'ltitl ES said he should postpone the vote for grant ing certain duties on sugar. The House then resolved itself into a Committee. On the motion of Mr. Ht.:lima, that 3,500,0001., now in the Exche quer, applicable to the service of the year 1825, he applied to • the service of . the year 1020, he acquainted the House that it was not intended to move for a greater supply than 10 millions of Exchequer Bills at present. Mr. HUME felt a great disinclination to such large sums in Exchequer. mils being allowed to get into the hands of the Bank. In late instances the Bank had availed themselves of the power thus given them, so as to create a sudden rise or fall on that public security as they pleased. By throwing an abun dance of Exchequer tills into the market, it had lowered them lately 40s. per 1001. in-4 few hours. He thought GoYernment should be prevented from privately borrowing money from the Bank whenever it wanted it, and that it became them to stand alone. Mr. M ABER IX should not oppose the motion, because this motion was essential to secure public property. Besides it showed that the Government was anxious to Withdraw from cit. ; culation too great a quantity of this sort of security. It was high time this should be remedied. Indeed he had heard that the Bank. had this day gone into the market, and by . buying up Exchequer Bills, had raised the price of that security full 295. llc hoped the. Bank would, with its usual liberality and . fair ness, abstain from imprudently influencing the Money market in any manner which might injure the private; property- of indi viduals beyond all calculation. Mr. IRVING conceived the Bank had only done in this in stance what it was entitled to do. It was well known that 'though the commercial world must be supplied with money for its purposes, the supply for Mercantile discounts was uncertain and irregular. The merchants, however, were not particular how they got their money, so as there uas - a regular supply ade quate to their wants. The Bank, with a view to create such a supply, had gone into the markets, and bought up Exchequer Bills, which created an issue of their notes. It had a clear right to do so. When there was but a small proportion of the circu lating medium, it bought up Exchequer Bills ; when a larger proportion, or when money was plenty, it was its time to dis pose of them. Mr. BRIGHT thought Government supine in their effbrts to meet the present pressure. He was of opinion that 500,000/. worth of Exchequer Bills sent to different towns where the pressure was most felt, would make a very important change in the mercantile world for the better, by relieving those whose preeing demands required an immediate loan of something like money. Mr. PEARSE admitted that those who sold yesterday Ex chequer Bills at 20s. discount, had to regret their sales when they found they were to day at a premium ; but the purchase, this day by the flank, was, notwithstanding, still perfectly jus tifiable. In fhir weather, the system now pursued bytilovern ment he believed would answer; but he was satisfied nothing short of an issue of Exchequer Bills would meet the exigencies of the times, and sooner or later the Ministers would be com pelled to have recourse to such a measure. Mr. HUME believed that the existing Exchequer Bills were now the reason why Government was so crippled that it dare not sanction all issue of even 500,0001, In Exchequer Bills, lest it should create an unfavourable impression on their price. Ile feared the measure of Friday last would only increase the diffi culties of the commercial world, and withdraw capital front its present appropriation' and employment. Mr. IRVING begged to state, that for the last three weeks there were few bills before the Bank which they could with safety discount. Hence they were obliged to purchase Exche quer Bills in order to give the public a supply even of the Bank of England paper, because a supply was at all events absolutely necessary. Mr. MA BERIX thought it would be wise • in' GovemMent to apply for a Bill to appoint certain Commissioners to receive goods from persona su ffering under temporary embarrassments, so as to entitle them to advances to a certain extent in deposits of this nature. In that case the objection to an issue ofExche. quor Bills for their relief, would be removed altogether. The whale was a mystery as to the conduct of the bank ; and no wonder it was so, since they were now hampered and choked up by advances to Government amounting to 11l or 19 minions, whilst their whole circulation did not exceed 22 millions. Ali. CHAS. GRANT was sorry to hear some this evening had considered that Government had treated the distre s s an d difficulty of the monied interests of the country with indiffer ence ; 'and he was the more sorry to hear this front an lion. Member whose patriotism it might be supposed would have prevented his having given utterance to such a sentiment. It was clearly indifferent to the bank how the supply of the circu lation was kept up, whether by discounting private bills, or by purchasing up Exchequer Bills. Ilere it seemed they had pre. (erred the latter. This operation of the bank was, instead of being prejudicial, actually beneficial to those labouring under commercial entbarraasmenta. Ile assured the House and the lion. Member opposite, that Government deeply sympathised with those who were suffering under the present pressure, and that in the variety of projects pressed on their attention hourly, his Majesty's Ministers would not desist from every possible effort to assist them consistent with the public interest. Mr. 'l'. WILSON repeated the objections he had made on a former night to the project now about to be acted upon by Government. In despite of the vote of Friday night, lie still continued of opinion that nothing could'be materially Service able to those who were suffering, except an issue of 'Exchequer Rills, to be advanced by way of loan, on the deposit of their property. Air. HUTCHINSON gave credit to Government for being deeply interested in the distresses of the country nt the present moment. He believed sincerely that much of our distress arose from the expensive nature of our Government. He trusted, therefore, that a still more rigid system of economy, in every department, would characterize the measures of this year. The vote was then agreed to. Mr. lIERRIES said, he should not, in the present thin at. tendance, enter further into an explanation of the items be intended to put to the vote. They would all hereafter be sepa. rately put anti re-eonsidered. Ile was sorry he did not see now in his Owe an Hon. Member, who had used the expression that Government had treated lightly the application and repro. mentations which had been marie to it, of the distress expe rienced by persons in trade. He was satisfied that the Hon. Member did not mean by the term all which it might be sup posed to convey. Ile could now assure the House that as far as his experience Went, un experience of some years, he had never witnessed any representations made to the Right Ho. nourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the First Lord of the Treasury, to which such earnest solicitude and painful attention had been devoted. It was impossible for his Ma.; jesty's Ministers to have ehewn more becoming anxiety, and interest, and if the deputation or the individuals did not obtain from the Right Hon. Gentleman and the Noble Lord that assurance which would quiet their apprehensions, it was not t, cause they had not paid due attention to the subject and sympathized in their anxiety to prevent the extension of alarm and inconvenience. Finally, he would suggest to the Committee, that it was not at ail to be supposed that the im portant step which had been alluded to would have taken place without the privity and sanction.of Government. The fact was, that before time Bank of England had gone into the Market to purchase, es it did to-day, Exchequer Hills, it had previously been apprized of the ienuments of Government on that . head..... so that in point of fact that measure was attributable to his M a , jesty's Ministers. A further vote of all such balances as were in the hands of SMALL NOTES. Mi. HERMES then brought in the Bill to limit, anti after a certain time prohibit the c Tulation of certain Promissory Notes under 51.1 n England, which was read a first and ordered to be rend a second time on Friday next, and In the interim to be printed. ,The House then adjourned at Half-past Seven o'Clock. SILK 'l' RA DE. CONGLETON FEn. .-A ffairs in this district continue in the same lamentable state, or, f would rather say, the distress is daily increasing. The masters and the operatives in Union had their public meeting yesterday, in the Guildhall, where'i series of strongly worded resolutions, and a petition founded upon them, were agreed to one voce. In proposing the resolutions, it was observed by Mr. SPENCE, that French goods are now selling in Manchester at 2s. per yard lower than the English manufacturer could, by possibility, in the present state of things, produce them ; and unless the corn laws were abolished, and the price of provisions put on a par with the price abroad, the manufacturing interests would unquestionably be ruined. Mr. Boont, in nervous language, censured the theory of free trade. If the silk trade was to be preserved to this coun try, it was absolutely necessary that it should be protected. Hundreds of thousands of industrious artisans were driven to starvation. The seventh resolution was than proposed and adopted. It stated, " That should these petitions fail to accomplish their objt• t, then, that a humble Address be laid at the foot of the Throne, praying his Majesty to listen to the voice of his people, and not sacrifice them to a foreign nation." • Mr. MACCLESFIELD said—lt appears, from an accurate report which has been made, that' list year there were 5,325 looms employed in the town ; there are now only 2,275 . : being a reduction of 3,050 ! Last ye a r the re were i n e mploy 13,999 .hands, now only 500 ; so that, including, quill winders, the total number of hands actually out of employ, and in fact all but starving, is 11 893, • • - • Great discontent begins to prevail ; incendiary writings ap pear upon the walls, with the most exciting inscriptions, such as—" No Trade, no Corn Laws"—" No Trade, no King"— " Bread or Blood," &c. &c. Serious apprehensions prevail for the preservation of tranquillity. COMMOTIONS AT NORWICH. itEISTANCE TO THE CIVIL POWER, AND CALLING OUT. Tilt MILITARY A SECOND TIME. NORWICH, FED. 14, 3 P.M.,---About the period, at which the mail for London left us last night, the state of this city became Only alarming ; every etlbrt was made by the Ma gistracy to bring to re ason the multitude which had collected, but wholly without success. Mr. Francis, the Deputy Mayor, conceived that he had taken upon himself too great a degree of • responsibility in the corn:notions Of the Ist and 2d . of Februar,s, and declined to act without the conjunction of the - Chief Ma gistrate; in consequence of which both these gentlemen, in a prompt and firm manner, exhorted the people to disperse, otherwise the Riot Act should be again read (as it was aSort night ago), anti the military called in to disperselftm by force. There advice was, however, not even for a moment listened to. One fellow called out to the Mayor (Starling Day, Esq.)— " (lo home, Mr. Bankrupt Banker, and pay your creditors 20s. in the pound !" At stx o'clock two troops of the Scotch Greys arrived on Tombland, from their barracks, and were placed at the dispo sal of Mr. Alderman John Patteson, jun., and Mr. Alderman Crisp Brown: an immense body of special constables were also . sworn in, and had orders to take up all persona who stood about in groups. This appears to have exasperated the people still more, as the zeal displayed was of too violent a nature on the part of these gentry to quell the tumult ; hence great resistance was made to the civil and military power, and after someAevere wounds with staves had been given and received, about twenty of the ringleaders were captured, and committed to the city bridewell for examination tins morning at eleven o'clock. The military and civil power patrolled the streets during the night; and the shops were closed at an early hour. Faun o'CLock - ..-...The examination of the prisoners is . UM going on. Several arc remanded for,further examination to morrow. There is a deep and sullen gloom pervading . the city, and, to add to it, all business is completely at a stand. The civil power is again ordered out fur six o'clock this evening. • • The six.provioces of Bich Peru, which have been elevated into a new republic under the denomination of Bolivar, in honour of the Liberator, 'President of Colombia, by the unanimous vote of the representatives of the people, are La Paz, Potosi, Cochabamba, Oruro, Chuquisaca, and Santa Cruz. They contain a population of nearly a million souls, and their clear rental for the five years prior to, and inclusive of,. 1024, were as follows: Province of La Paz . - 777,33 Dollars 4 Reals. 4 Potosi - - 565.1111 ' 2 Cochabamba' . 218,10 2 Orura - - 203,9.2-1 5 Chuquisaca . 217,1112 4 Santa Cruz - 40,74f1 2 Annual rental - 2, 1 0,008 3 ROYAL ACADEMY:-.-011 Monday night Mr. FLAX3fAN began his Course of Lectures on Sculpture, at the Royal Academy. lie took a general view of the rise and pro gress of sculpture among the nations of antiquity, all of which were thrown into comparative obscurity by the excellence of the Egyptians, and totally eclipsed by the Greeks. lie insisted much on the advantage of cultivating a taste for simplicity ; for objects *illicit were simple and devoid of complexity were easily understood by the mass of mankind. We should, he observed, begin with dependencies, or things directly connected with the subject, and afterwards make ourselves acquainted with relatives or accessories. Simplicity increased with the progress of taste, but grossness was pre-eminent in proportion as barbarism was more extended. The professor then pro ceeded to consider the causes which conduced to give the Greeks so paramount a superiority in the arts, as to leave all the rest of the world at an immeasurable distance behind them. lie was of opinion that the encouragement given to gymnastic exercises, which improved the form of their youth—their ha bits, which allowed the constant exposure of the naked figure, and thus afforded their artists a continu a l fi e ld f or study and ob servation—and the freedom of their institutions, were main causes of this superiority. Mr. Flaxman then enumerated someof the noblest remains of ancient Greek sculpture which the de stroying hand of barbarism has left us, and concluded by giv ing a short history of the different schools, from their rise to their dissolution. lie impressed on the observation of the students, that the same causes which produced excellence for merly would produce it now ; and therefore conjured them to look up to the Greeks as an excitement to their emulation. Died, on Sunday me'nnight, at Postiand, near Crowland, occasioned by a tall on the ice whilst sliding, STEilitrt Cireiturgorciii, Gent., aged 72 years, leaving a v;ly large circle of relations (some of them are very poor) to share amongst them an immense fortune, which he bad accu mulated by his penurious habits. Ile scarcely allowed him self th e common necessar i es o f lif e , and although he has left, it is supposed, one hundred thousand pounds, the fur niture in his house is not worth more than twenty pounds. —His manners were very eccentric, but still he had a sort of predominance in all Rublic and 'private meetings held in the parish. Before the misfortune happened which caused his death, he was as healthy and as hearty as ever he was in his life, and could, although at such an advanced age, l ea p over the fen dikes with his old favourite pony (a practice of which he was particularly fond), by taking hold of the bridle and stir rup, as nimbly as any youug man in the neighbourhood. His only amusement was that of coursing, in which he very much delighted. We understand, from authority, that JOHN GEORGE LAMQTON, Esq., AI. P. for th e C ounty of Durl reside al)o t about to i proceed t o I ta l y, w h ere he i nte n dsvo or th ree years, w i t h a view o is benefit his health. His celetirat e d r a cing e t Durham, to stud are to be sold by auction forthwith. MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, Feb. 20, Lou'sD. Nos. 1,0, 14, 13, 2.1, 104, 284, 293; 308, 319. NTIL Y. Nos. 20, 72, 97, 102, 219, 238, 311, 368, 423, 425, ' • ' 437, 44, 500, 510, 521, • 524, 541,552, 553, 55 8 , r 583, 943900, 710. TuNi3y, -121, Isoxpox. Nos. 42, 266 , 2819 309, 316. COUNTRY. Nos. 127, 131, 167, 170, 181, 199, 385 471, 477, 497, 501, 329; 532, 644, 579.591, 592, 649. Vedneslay, 22, x DON. N 0.2. Lodge of Beam knce. eoulvrivr• NtA. 54, 84, 112 ' 121, 129, 164, 215, 291, 314, 400, 414, 140, 442, 472, 478, 537. 543, 543, 549, 563, 577, 606, 661, 590. - 23, Lox now. Nos,7, 39, 82, 92, 142, 136, 216, 327,481. Gen. Cann. Fem. ich. at 11. COUNTRY. Nos. 45, 43, 51, 57, 110, 113, 153, 176, 178, 243, 200, 384, 420, 453, 461, 483, 306, 545, 556, 586, 587, 657, 970, 717. - 24, LONDON. No. 239. • Co t: liTttr• Nos. 53 , 236, 283, 533. ---.23, LoNnog. • • COUNTRY. Nus. 354, 412, 492. Thumlv.y, Friday, Saturday, PRICK OF rrocKs THIS Bank Stock... 198 i 200 19:4 3 per Cent. lied. 3 per Cent. Conti 3. per Cent 8.4 Ditto Red. 4 per Cent. New 023 sis Bank Long Ann •111;/ India Stock Ditto Bond., l5 12 dis. South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN F Augtrinn Ms, 5 per cent. 35 6 Brazilian 1825 _:--- Scrip Buenos Ayres lid s Mien, lids, 6 per cent — Colombian 1311 x 44 Do. 1824 401} 2 1 4 31 5 4 Danish, 6 per cent. 50a 11 501 Do. 1825 Greek lids Do. 1825 Guatimala Mexican lids Do. 1825 52 54 6 t Y AT ONE O.CLO C K• OH Annuities New Ditto . ......... Ex.B ills' 0001.1. 1 01.1d5.1 pnil ( 19 Ditto SOO/. 14(1.1 pm. 1 dis.par Ditto Small lid. 1 pm. 1 dii. Ditto Advertised Bank for Acct. India for Acct. Cons. fo: Acct. 74; 54i 5i NI)9 AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Scrip ............... Neapolitan, 1324 ............ Neapolitan Scrip ............ : Peruvian Ponds ............ Do. Scrip .................. Portuguese Ponds : ..... 6b 70 Prussian, 5 percent. ...... Ditto New ..................... Itussl m . New, 5 p. ct. 74 3 Spanish 1821 ' ap.c. • 81 1323 ................. French Rentes, sp. C. —f. ---- Exchange — t* —f. 3 p. c. ......... Exchange ... PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE o'CLOCK• , Per Snare. 10. 1 0....... A i 11 I ,u u 5 Bolivar Mining Company British Iron Company Colombian Mining Company Pasco Peruvian Mining Company General Steam Navigation Company Provincial Bank of Ireland FOLICIG! , I Onttenburgh 11*inburgh - France AninvEn. 1)rt• 111(111 IVAT1:11. AT LON OND MUDGE TO.IIIOIIOW. :iloriting, 18 minutes after 9.1 Evening, 53 minutes after THY', SUN. soLEN atirs DIOERE Fin:slim AUDE.I. • LONDON, THURSDAY IrE NINV, FEBRUARY 10, 1828. French Papers arrived in Ton n last n i g ht/ but they communicate little additional politi c° intelligence. ft will be seen by the following Extract, that there is a confident expectati an at St. Petersburgh, of the Emperor Ntcnor.A3 k v. ing resolved to visit the city of Moscow• f t i 5 added as a rumour, that he also purpo 4 4' s v isiting the army in Bessarabia—probably, w ll ° it Shall have been sufficiently puri fi ed, of those stloPecte`i in of disaffection to the existing order of thing 4 Russia , ( From Me Journal de Paris of Holdall') i* n. PARIS, F EB. t o. Our correspondent at Fr an kf ur t o n . the Odcr info rms that the last letters from St. Petersburg!' seem to teals : it doubt . or theinterition' of the Emperor Nicholas to Pay a Vi d to Moscow and the "southern provinces of thu also to visit the armlet of the south and west. ilia I m P er , 1 1 , after a short as} y+ will then ' go to Warsaw, whence, Poke he will g o, .accompanied by his brother, the Grand 1 sa. Constantine, to Bessarabia, to review the army DlGehnergsh. , it banieff. It was reported in the circles of Petersburg -, t ill be is from Bessarabia that a thieatening deinoristration le at the Porte )0, made towards Moldavia and Walachia, unless length causes those principalities to be evacuated by its cool according to the stipulatitins of the.treaty of Bucharest: • ' empire, sisa . . , (Ero u l the Quoti JAX' 31. Tatthir, the The north winds %%it ilihave blown -in the Adriatic du rili g whole of the month of January, have prevented arrivals lt, the Levant. Several 'V,Asels lave been obliged to stop Id °l- , d'lstria. We see b' French and German journals that o c vantages have been taken of • this want of news to fabricate and circulate fables respecting the ed4irs of Greece. FnuNcli FUsll3.—Panis, FEB. 13.---Tive per{ C„Vt?!..;* pent 7 40c,—Three 'per Cents. 63f. 7llank Stock, `2'c t i. de Naptcs, 72f. ..—Royal Spanish Loan, Loan, 775f.--"Exehauge on L0nd0n....-One month, 25f. : 10 c' three months, 25f. 30c.—( Cum rs Authentique.) The illlgen:eine Z,liiwi s ; to the 9th, and Fra nk ' . fort Papers to the same date, reached town thi s morning. They have news from illissoionghi and the Alorea, which would be read with great rest, if the intellig e nce here given could be r el i ef upon. Thes e accoun t s sa y th a t AI i s solonghi) I f not reduced, is at the last extremity , 3-1 must shortly surrender ; that Dart alinl PAciu had met with reverses in a n ut- tack upon Corinth, on the 7th December' and that the CAPII»Mi PACLIA ha 4 been checked. in his operations upon illissolonghi by M l4ll°6 ' What beneficial effects may attend the mitdi °ll of the Duke of WELLINGTON to RusAa, supP °s " ing him to be charged to treat upon Greek ofinir'' it would be 'difficult to say, but it 13 1 ; pears certain, that. if Missolotighi shan't! fa n before any impressiou has, been made up on the Divan by English anti Russian Influence, thu influence might afterwards be exerted 11! "Dl' i